Clare Balding
Clare Balding
Clare Victoria Balding OBE is an award-winning broadcaster, journalist and author. She currently presents for BBC Sport, Channel 4, BT Sport and the religious/spiritual programme Good Morning Sunday on BBC Radio 2...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth29 January 1971
change knew life lucky realised suddenly thyroid wish
Having thyroid cancer in 2009 really didn't change my life at all. I wish I could say that I had this epiphany. But I knew I was lucky before that, so it's not like I suddenly realised how lucky I am.
becomes
When you're little, your father is your hero. Mine was. Then it all becomes more complicated.
judgmental rarely
Very rarely will you listen to the radio in a judgmental way, the way you'll watch telly.
needs hungry good-food
I really love good food occasionally, but I need time to enjoy it, and I need to be hungry.
extraordinary-person world want
I want to make the world a better place, for women, mainly.
horse powerful kindness
I believe that horses bring out the best in us. They judge us not by how we look, what we're wearing or how powerful or rich we are, they judge us in terms of sensitivity, consistency, and patience. They demand standards of behavior and levels of kindness that we, as humans, then strive to maintain.
brain fascinated
I've always been fascinated by intelligence and how our brains work, and how they can be improved.
swimming games two
Swimming and athletics are the big gigs at the Olympic games. Cycling and rowing are pretty big for Britain, but globally, the two big things are athletics and swimming.
passion knitting people
I find people interesting. People trying hard are interesting. People with a passion are interesting - whether its old cars or taxidermy or knitting.
attitude children kids
Being made to feel like an irrelevant child was probably an asset. Benign negligence is not a bad parental attitude or at least a cross between a benevolent dictator and benign negligence - you should just let kids crack on with it.
dad thinking guy
Dad is a really surprising guy. Every time I think he's going to be useless, he ends up doing something amazing and saying exactly the right thing.
horse growing-up wanted
I didn't just grow up with horses; I wanted to be one.
gay gay-marriage campaigns
I cannot be a placard waver for every campaign; that's why I have mostly kept quiet about gay marriage.
gay realizing
Lots of women don't realize that they're gay until they're grown up.